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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1457, 1522-1540
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Bakbred, -brid, n. [Northern ME. bak-, bacbrede, f. OE. bac- or bæc- ‘bake’ and Bred n.] = Bakebrede. 1457 Peebles B. Rec. 119.
A girdil and a bakbrid 1522 Dunferm. B. Rec. 209.
Ane bakbred and girdill 1540 Acts Lords of Council MS. XIII. 119 b.
Ane lavane tub, bakbredis, … ane bolting tub
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